Tie-on label for mail-bags, packets, and the like.



C. H. RIECHERT.

TIE-0N LABEL FOR MAIL BAGS, PACKETS, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION man APR.7,1 914.

1,1 50,965. Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

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GI-IB-ISTOPI-I HEINRICH RIECHERT, OIE HAMBURG, GERMANY.

TIE-ON LABEL FOR MAIL-BAGS, PACKETS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

Application filed April 7, 1914. Serial No. 830,106.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPH HEINRICH RIEOHERT, manufacturer, a subject of the German Emperor, and resident of No. 123 Marktstrasse, Hamburg 6, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Tie-On Labels for Mail-Bags, Packets, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a tie-on label adapted to be attached to bags, packets, boxes or the like which are to be conveyed either by the post or by rail or otherwise and which is adapted also to receive an address. The label which is provided with one or several holes through which is threaded string or cord used for attaching it to the goods, consists chiefly of a plate of metal which is firmly connected to a plate of paste board.

The known tie-on labels which consist of paste board or wood are not sufficiently resistant, and are liable readily to be torn or to be split and therefore to be lost wherei as such labels which consist of sheet metal have so far given rise to frequent injuries. Now these drawbacks are to be avoided according to this invention by providing a label which consists of a plate of sheet metal firmly connected to a plate of paste board. A label of this kind can neither be torn nor split and further it cannot cause any injuries to the person handling the goods.

The accompanying drawings illustrate two constructional forms of the invention. Figures 1 to 5 show one construction of which Fig. l is a face view and Fig. 2 a rear view. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate on an enlarged scale sections on the lines AB and CD of Fig. 1 respectively, and Fig. 5 shows a connection of the paste board plate with the metal plate.

As shown the label consists of a paste board plate a and a rectangular metal plate 6 which is of a greater width than plate a. The latter is wrapped up in writing linen c on which the address may be imprinted or written, the covering 0 extending over the outer face of metal plate 5, and being folded over two opposed parallel edges thereof. The metal plate wrapped up in the cloth is bent with its infolded edges over the longitudinal unbent edges of the paste board plate and by means of these bent edges or parallel flanges (Z it is firmly pressed on to the paste board plate. Thus formed the label is provided with holes a inserted in which are eyelets f by means of which the individual parts are prevented from mutual displacement.

That I claim is A label comprising a. card board sheet, a superposed -metal plate of greater width than the card board sheet to form a pair of flanges at opposite side edges thereof, said flanges being bent against the under face of the card board sheet, and a wrapper extending over the face of the metal plate and lapped over the flanges thereof.

Signed by me at Hamburg, Germany, this 24 day of March, 1914.

CHRISTOPH HEINRICH RIECHERT.

Witnesses:

ljEfrAUGUST WENK, 'Eimns'r H. L. MUMMENHOFF.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

